‘Jaywalking’
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STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION: Council Will Probe NYPD’s Biased ‘Jaywalking’ Enforcement
The City Council will investigate whether the NYPD is conducting racially biased harassment of blacks and Latinos, who received 90 percent of all "jaywalking" tickets issued by cops last year.
January 27, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: ‘Jaywalking While Black’ Reveals the Worst About Cops
We all do it, but, as only blacks and Hispanics get caught for it.
January 27, 2020
‘Jaywalking While Black’: Final 2019 Numbers Show Race-Based NYPD Crackdown Continues
The NYPD said it simply writes tickets when cops see something dangerous (unless it's done by white people, apparently).
January 27, 2020
Pols to NYPD: Stop Racist ‘Jaywalking’ Tickets
New York City's political establishment has spoken: The NYPD must end its racist enforcement of "jaywalking."
January 20, 2020
NYPD Targets Blacks and Latinos for ‘Jaywalking’ Tickets
The NYPD has found another way to harass people of color: jaywalking tickets.
January 8, 2020